Bathing cap



W. E. BUSH.

BATHING CAP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1921.

1,43 ,235 Patented Nov. 21, 1922,.

. INVENTOR; 011 mm @1 1 A TTO RNE Y.

Patented Nov. El, 1922.

UNHTED STATES LLIAM EARL BUSH, 01F FRESNO, CALIFORNIA;

BATHING oar.

Application filed. June 8, 1921. Serial No. 475,945.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM EARL BUSH,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Fresno, Fresno County,State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inBathing Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object a bathing cap as a protection to thehead and hair so constructed that it will fit snugly about the headwithout undue pressure and will at the same time efiectually preventdisplacement by waves while bathing and therefore pre venting thewetting of the hair or head under the cap.

By referring to the accompanying drawingvmy invention will be madeclear.

ig. 1 illustrates one form of my cap lyin flat.

ig. 2 illustrates a cross section of Fig. 1 on the line 11-11.

Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 show the manner of placing the cap over the head. I

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a variation wherein the two elasticbands merge together into a single band across the forehead portion ofthe cap.

Figs. 8 and 9 are front and back views of the cap of Fig. 7.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts.

The body of the cap is indicated by the numeral 1 which is composed of athin rubher bag or covering for the head, in the form of a large cap,and is preferably made much thinner than indicated by my section drawingwhich section I have purposely exaggcrated to better indicate the linesof the material. The two sides of the sheet rubber are closed togetheralong the seam 2, and the cap so formed is provided with an elastic edgestrip 5 circling the open end of thecap in the usual manner-such thatwhen the cap is slipped over the head band 5 snugly closes around thehead and holds the cap as a protection entirely enclosing the hair. Thecap as here set forth is Well lmown in the art and my invention consistsin adding to the length of the cap a sufficient amount of sheet rubber 4and a second elastic band as indicated at 3 whereby a barrier to anywave motion Bil or any water ingress is first provided by the band 5 sothat the band 3 is not disturbed in its position by the wave motion. vExperience shows that a wave striking the head wearlng an ordinarybathing cap as heretofore made shifts the elastic band andthe wave beatsits way thereunder so that water gets to the inside of the cap. With myinvention the wave action can do no more than find ingress to the underside of the cap between the bands 3 and 5 and the band 3 is neversubject to wave force and is in effect protected by the band 5,consequently at all tlmes it is held snugly against the head and wateris entirely prevented from getting to the interior of the cap and inpractice never going beyond the compartment 6 intermedi ate between thebands 3, 5.

In placing the cap over the head the excess formed by the additionalmaterial 4 is folded under and forms a second protective layer over theear with the air cushion 8 therebetween. See Figs. 3, 5 and 7 The mannerin which this cap is applied is shown in Fig. 4 where the band 5 isfitted around the head above the ears and thereafter the band 3 ispulled down from the head below the ears as shown in Fig. 3, thusbringing the material 1 of the cap down and over that portion shown at4:, thus forming two thicknesses of sheet rubber with an air cushiontherebetween as indicated by the numeral 8, thus effectually protectingthe ears from the wave action and preventing the water from getting intothe compartment containing the hair at 9.

Referring particularly to Figs. 7 to 9, there is shown a variation inthe construction of the cap of my invention. The cap here shown is madefull in the back portion of the head and the two elastic bands 9. 10,respectively, are separated by the sheet rubber material 11 which lattertapers toward the forehead from each side so that the two bands 9, 10,are in effect merged together over the forehead but separated in theback portion, and I desire to be understood as claiming all suchvariations.

1 claim:

1. A bathing cap of Waterproof material provided with an elastic bandabout its open end and a second elastic band in the body of the materialand spaced from the first named band, said bands substantially of thesame length and merging together through- 5 out a portion of theirlength as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bathing cap of sheet rubber and having an elastic bandsubstantially about the open end and a second hand spaced from the firstnamed band, the said two bands 10 merging together over the foreheadportion of the cap and spaced. apart on the back portion of the cap.

WILLIAM EARL BUSH.

